Summer reading books are depressing.

[CloudDragon]

I've got <b>1984</b> by Orwell and <b>Brave New World</b> to tackle this summer.

[Doomie]

<b>Brave New World</b> to tackle this summer.

Oh God I HATE THAT BOOK.

[Kirobaito]

I enjoyed Brave New World.

[Spammerman]

My school cha;;enges the students to read book.And so does the govenor.And i agree, some books we have to read are depressing.

Ive had to read some books but i was only in 6th and 5th so they werent really that bad

Old Yeller:(SPOILER)The dog gets shot cause he has rabies after fighting off a wolf

The Bridge to Terabithia:(SPOILER)THe Girl drowns to death

The Egypt game:good book (SPOILER)butONe little girl is murdered and another girl is attacked, and the mom doesn't show much care for her daughter.

[ShunNakamura]

I loved 1984... though I don't think I have read Brave New world... not sure though.. I have read enough books that I can't keep track of what I have and haven't read.

However I think someone else in my genre fiction class(45 mins of reading every day.. can't beat a class like that(each class is only 45 mins here)) selected it.. and since we are supposed to read different books.. yeah. Anyways I just read the foundation series for those days.

Old Yeller(4th or 5th I htink) I liked, and as you said egypt game is a good book(6th grade).

[Del Murder]

For summer before senior year I had to read:

Falling Leaves (meh)
In the Time of the Butterflies (I liked this one)
A more well known book that I forget at the moment

It wasn't that bad, though we really weren't tested on them much, so it kind of felt wasted.

Now I read in the summer for fun.

[Yamaneko]

Kids these days...

[Shoeberto]

I got out of summer reading this year due to a schedueling conflict.

Pre-freshman summer reading books were Peter Pan and Huckleberry Finn. Huck was pretty good, actually. Not very depressing at all. Peter Pan just sucked and was a dumb assignment.

Then pre-sophomore reading was Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Classic Slave Narratives. Uncle Tom was pretty depressing at some points, but the writing style was so melodramatic that it killed any meaningful parts. The Classic Slave Narratives were sad, but still boring as hell.

I envy you guys that have interesting books. I would kill to have 1984 on a summer reading list.

[Raistlin]

The most depressing book by far I had to read in high school was <i>Waiting for Godot</i>, though it doesn't depress me now, though it is kinda sad. I didn't read it over the summer, though.

I read all cool books over the summer. My senior year one of the books was <i>Hitchhiker's Guide.</i> Oh yeah. The others were...stuff by Hemingway and Faulker. Not <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i>, though - my AP English teacher would've chopped off her head first(or made us read Emily Dickenson). <i>Nick Adam's Stories</i> - yeah, that was it...and <i>The Unvanquished</i>. And two other books which I forgot.

[fire_of_avalon]

My higher level English class didn't happen until the second half of my senior year, so I had reading to do during Christmas break. However, it was only one book, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, and I loved it, so yay.

I need a good book to read, after I finish A Prayer for Owen Meany (I saw the American premier of the play and LOOOOOOOVED it so I had to read it), ergo I will be watching this thread like a hawk. ?

[Kilrane]

i have a boring reading list this summer. i have to read writing history, a peoples history of the united states for history and the great gatsby for english. although i will probably put off all three books off till 3 weeks before school starts cuz i am reading the vampire chronicals by ann rice (excuse if spelling is wrong). i am on queen of the damned right now in the middle of the story of jesse i suggest that people read this series. and if you are into religion the left behind series is pretty good. i read all 12 books in 2 months at the end of freshman year. still haven't read nicolie.

[Project G]

I'm trying to get my way through the Darren Shan series (Kid becomes a vampire) and Lord Loss (Don't know what that's about yet) and Maralyn Manson- The long hard road out of hell

[Shlup]

I don't remember the last time I actually read a book that a class required.

[Devourment]

I had to read Shakespeare books for my years. *Punches air*
I found them very interesting. Apart from them, I think all the other books that our schools in England provide us to read with are s***e.

[Project G]

Oh right you are on about reading for school, oops sorry